small happenings
i know y'all are worried about me, but rest assured everything is just peachy. i've been busy trying to get some spare cash so i can take dance lessons and go to all the shows i want to go to- so i haven't had the time to sit down and write something. some random events:
-dj krush cd release party- this man is old- or at least looks really old (but he's been around a long time nontheless). the line was around the corner and down the block- luckily i had bought my ticket in advance and skipped the entire line. i forgot to bring my digicam for some reason, but i did manage to tape about half the show before my arm got tired). he had some crazy painting up (that's part of his new cd artwork) behind him that i wish i could buy and hang up in my future home or whatever. but yeah, this guy held it down for 6 hours straight. he had no opening acts- just a few mc's that came up while he was spinning to spit a few songs. other than that- he was a machine, mixing old school hiphop, his own ambient stuff, some house and drum and bass even... shit was craaa-aaa-zy.
-miami - i emailed the people over at japanfiles.com - steve laity, an american guy whose trying to spread the wonderfullness and quirkiness of japanese music contacted me and offered to take me to see miami. i can't describe them really- electro-disco-punk-rap-sequenced music with a dose of violin-craziness-mashup. they had two indie/discopunkish bands open up for them, one of which- shoot my disco- did a freestyle rap that was pretty hilarious. i'll get videos up of miami later...
-i lost 20,000 yen or ~$180. i probably got it stolen on the subway during rush hour- you literally cannot move or breath- i though shanghai subways were bad during rush hour... oh no... tokyo is on another level.
-ryan and i went to see a day of the grand sumo championships. sumo wrestling is BRUTAL.. and no they're not just fat, some of the guys can do vertical splits- yes, that is a sight to see. a 400lb. man doing a vertical split.
-it's still raining. c'mon tokyo- show me some sun.
-signed up for dance classes at ida. i hope the classes are good, it's expensive out here... i might go take a workshop with Kadillac- a famous dancehall crew from jamaica. so hopefully i can update my knowledge of the latest dancehall movements since my previous connection, vicky, is not around anymore. haha.
pictures/videos coming soon!
-dj krush cd release party- this man is old- or at least looks really old (but he's been around a long time nontheless). the line was around the corner and down the block- luckily i had bought my ticket in advance and skipped the entire line. i forgot to bring my digicam for some reason, but i did manage to tape about half the show before my arm got tired). he had some crazy painting up (that's part of his new cd artwork) behind him that i wish i could buy and hang up in my future home or whatever. but yeah, this guy held it down for 6 hours straight. he had no opening acts- just a few mc's that came up while he was spinning to spit a few songs. other than that- he was a machine, mixing old school hiphop, his own ambient stuff, some house and drum and bass even... shit was craaa-aaa-zy.
-miami - i emailed the people over at japanfiles.com - steve laity, an american guy whose trying to spread the wonderfullness and quirkiness of japanese music contacted me and offered to take me to see miami. i can't describe them really- electro-disco-punk-rap-sequenced music with a dose of violin-craziness-mashup. they had two indie/discopunkish bands open up for them, one of which- shoot my disco- did a freestyle rap that was pretty hilarious. i'll get videos up of miami later...
-i lost 20,000 yen or ~$180. i probably got it stolen on the subway during rush hour- you literally cannot move or breath- i though shanghai subways were bad during rush hour... oh no... tokyo is on another level.
-ryan and i went to see a day of the grand sumo championships. sumo wrestling is BRUTAL.. and no they're not just fat, some of the guys can do vertical splits- yes, that is a sight to see. a 400lb. man doing a vertical split.-it's still raining. c'mon tokyo- show me some sun.
-signed up for dance classes at ida. i hope the classes are good, it's expensive out here... i might go take a workshop with Kadillac- a famous dancehall crew from jamaica. so hopefully i can update my knowledge of the latest dancehall movements since my previous connection, vicky, is not around anymore. haha.
pictures/videos coming soon!
posted by Derrick at 11:06 AM
1 Comments:
sumos can split!? who'd a thunk it.. damn. i wish i could have seen it
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